Yoke.



W. T.'MINOR.

YOKE.

APPLIOATIOIN FILED APR. 4, 190a.

Patented Mar. 16, 1909.

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WILLIAM T. MINOR, OF WHITEROOK, OKLAHOMA.

YOKE

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 16, 1909.

Application filed April &, 1908. Serial N 0. 425,104.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. MINOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at VVhiterock, in the county of Noble and State of Oklahoma,have invented a new and useful Yoke; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

he invention relates to an improvement in yokes and has for its objectto provide a simple, inexpensive and durable device of this characteradapted to be applied to swine and other kinds of live stock and whichwill effectually prevent them from passing through holes in fences orother openings from which it is desired to exclude them.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novelcombination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention showing itapplied to the head of an animal. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a view taken at right angles to Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the upper portion of my yokewhich is pivotally connected with the lower portion 2, as at 3. Thelower portion is provided with a hook 5 which passes through a slot 6 inthe upperportion of the yoke and by which the two parts are connectedtogether. The device is provided with a pair of plates 7 which are bentin the shape of a loop and secured to the yoke. Each of these plates hasmounted therein an arm 8 one of which extends upwardly and onedownwardly. The arms 8 have a limited pivotal movement in said loop andare bent upon themselves, as shown in the drawings to provide inwardlyprojecting members 9 which are adapted to pierce the animal Wearing itwhen he attempts to pass through any place from which it is desired toexclude him. The said loops 7 of the plates 7 are provided with openings7 through which the said projections 9 extend, as will be clearly seenin Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings; to return the arms 8 to their normalpositions, springs 9 are secured between the said plates 7 and the sidesof the lower member 2, and are designed for the purpose of contactingwith the said projections 9, as will be clearly evident from thedrawings. With these projections the animal will be deterred frompressing hard against any point by reason of the pain which theseprojections will cause him.

As clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the arms 8 have acurved portion where they adjoin the yoke, and by reason of this curve,it will be seen, when the animal wearing the yoke presses it forwardagainst any object, the projections 9 will be moved inwardly thuschoking and punishing the animal.

What is claimed is 1. A device as set forth, comprising neckembracingmembers, pivoted together, one member having a slot and the other a hookto engage said slot, plates bent upon themselves to form elongatedloops, secured to opposite sides of the device, arms mounted in saidloops, one extending upwardly and one downwardly, said loops havingopenings, said arms or members being bent upon themselves to formprojections extending through said openings, springs carried by onemember which engage the projections to return the arms to their normalpositions, as and for the purpose specified.

2. A device as set forth, comprising upper and lower hinged membershaving slot and hook connections for fastening their free ends, platesbent upon themselves to form elongated loops secured to the lowermember, said loops having openings therein, arms mounted in said loops,each composed of a single length of metal bent upon itself to form ahorizontal projection, said projections being designed to extend throughsaid openings, and springs mounted on said device and adapted to engagesaid projections for throwing the same outwardly.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM T. MINOR.

